English
Etymology
Named for the olive groves that once covered its slopes.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
the Mount of Olives
- A mountain ridge east of and adjacent to the Old City of Jerusalem, a holy place for both Judaism and Christianity.
- Synonym: Mount Olivet
Translations
mountain ridge
- Arabic: جَبَل الزَّيْتُون m (jabal az-zaytūn)
- Armenian: Ձիթենյաց լեռ (Jitʻenyacʻ leṙ)
- Old Armenian: լեառն Ձիթենեաց (leaṙn Jitʻeneacʻ)
- Catalan: Mont de les Oliveres m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 橄欖山 / 橄榄山 (gaam3 laam5-2 saan1)
- Hokkien: 橄欖山 / 橄榄山 (Kám-lám-sân)
- Mandarin: 橄欖山 / 橄榄山 (zh) (Gǎnlǎn Shān)
- Danish: Oliebjerget
- Dutch: Olijfberg m
- Finnish: Öljymäki (fi)
- French: mont des Oliviers (fr) m, montagne des Oliviers f
- Frisian:
- West Frisian: Oliveberch c
- German: Ölberg (de) m
- Greek: Όρος των Ελαιών n (Óros ton Elaión)
- Ancient Greek: Ὄρος τῶν Ἐλαιῶν n (Óros tôn Elaiôn)
- Hebrew: הַר הַזֵּיתִים (he) m (har hazeitím)
- Irish: Cnoc na nOlóg m
- Italian: Monte degli Ulivi m
- Japanese: 橄欖山 (かんらんざん, kanranzan)
- Kazakh: Зәйтүн тауы (Zäitün tauy)
- Korean: 올리브산 (ollibeusan), 감람산 (gamnamsan)
- Latin: Mōns Olīvētī m
- Manchu: ᡠᠯᡠᠰᡠᠨ
ᠮᠣᠣ ᡳ
ᠠᠯᡳᠨ (ulusun moo-i alin)
- Plautdietsch: Oliewen Boajch m
- Polish: Góra Oliwna (pl) f
- Russian: Елео́нская гора́ (Jeleónskaja gorá), Ма́сли́чная гора́ (Máslíčnaja gorá)
- Swahili: mlima wa Mizeituni class 3
- Welsh: Mynydd yr Olewydd m
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